Suffering In Silence Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

Suffering In Silence

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Suffering in silence
Is written on my forehead.

I have no means to earn here,
No shelter to stay in,
No clothing to put on.

I had been to Hyderabad
As bonded labourer but
I lost my sweet heart there.

I returned back Kesinga, Odisha
The land of my birth.
But what shall I do here.

No one is there to listen me.
I am now on the railway station
To show me the way to live,
Is there any one?

I know not what is Government
But our wordmember came to me
And took two hundred rupees
My hard-earned money as dadan,
And assured to give a card,
Perhaps that would be a source.

Where shall I go now
A problem to me
And whom to approach
And for what
That I do not know.

But sir, I do not like to
Take a rupee also from you,
I hate bagging, excuse me.

Please sir, My bad luck is mine,
As I took birth in Odisha and
Especially on this part.

Monday, December 7, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: poverty
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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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